Yemen’s Aden Port received 120 cargo ships so far this month. Some 27,772 tons of oil and gas was unloaded from the port during the same period and sent to the Aden refinery and 222,351 tons of refined oil was exported from the docks, reported SABA. The port’s main refrigerator is currently storing 5,105 tons of Yemeni fish.
The Aden Port lies on a major trading route through the Suez Canal and is one of the largest natural harbors in the world with an area of about 70 square kilometers of sheltered water. It consists of the Inner Harbor, the Oil Harbor serving the Aden Refinery and the anchorage and approach channels of the Outer harbor. — (menareport.com)
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